Designer: Michele Spera

Michele Spera studied architecture at Rome University from 1957 to 1963, winning a scholarship in graphic design in 1961. He was one of the first visual designers to work professionally and continually for a political party, the Italian Republican Party, for which he created a visual identity and a widely known image.

Explore related designers including Massimo Vignelli and A.G. Fronzoni. See also Italian Modernism and Italian graphic design history.

Articles Featuring the Work of Michele Spera

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Scanned posters by the great Michele Spera. Many use a strong use of geometric form, often paired with sans-serif typefaces like Helvetica. Their simplification of form and use of colour create timeliness, recognisable posters that would have stood out alongside the posters of the 1970s which tended to have a heavy use of photography.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Michele Spera

UIL (Unione Italiana Del Lavoro), Trade Union Card, 1981

From the graphic design archive:

UIL (Unione Italiana Del Lavoro), Trade Union Card, 1981

  • Format: Folded Card
  • Designer/s: Most Likely Michele Spera
  • Year: 1981
UIL (Unione Italiana Del Lavoro), Trade Union Card, 1982

From the graphic design archive:

UIL (Unione Italiana Del Lavoro), Trade Union Card, 1982

  • Format: Folded Card
  • Designer/s: Most Likely Michele Spera
  • Year: 1982
Michele Spera, Grafica e Comunicazione, Siena Palazzo Comunale, 1974

From the graphic design archive:

Michele Spera, Grafica e Comunicazione, Siena Palazzo Comunale, 1974

  • Format: Catalogue
  • Designer/s: Michele Spera
  • Year: 1976
Linea grafica, Vol 30, No 03, May/June, 1976

From the graphic design archive:

Linea grafica, Vol 30, No 03, May/June, 1976

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Michele Spera
  • Year: 1976
Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 02, 1980

From the graphic design archive:

Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, 02, 1980

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Michele Spera
  • Year: 1980

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